Abbey Mural Prize opens applications

Because everybody needs more public art

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 22, 2024

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From the SCAC’s public art department comes this: the application portal recently opened for the 2024 Abbey Mural Prize.

Created in 1932, through an endowed bequest in honor of illustrator and muralist Edwin Austin Abbey NA, the Abbey Mural Prize awards grants to support the creation and restoration of public murals in the United States. Since 1940, the National Academy of Design has awarded funds to hundreds of individuals or organizations who are building on a tradition of public murals as instruments of social activism, neighborhood revitalization, and community engagement.

The 2024 Abbey Mural Prize awardees will be selected by a jury composed of National Academicians: Elana Herzog, Byron Kim, Joyce Kozloff, Arthur Simms, and Claire Weisz.

• Information Session: Thursday, March 7, 2024 via Zoom. (Information session registration link)
  
• Submissions Close: Monday, April 22, 2024. (Application link)

Grants

• Grants typically range from $10,000-$40,000 (USD) in minimally restricted support for the production and installation of mural(s) on and within public buildings and on buildings owned by charitable institutions.
• Up to $125,000 total awarded annually.
• The jury reserves the right to award grantees full or partial funding.

Eligibility Requirements

• Applications are open to all artists, architects, designers, as well as arts organizations, community-based organizations, and nonprofits.
• Projects must be for public buildings or buildings owned by a charitable institution.
• Project proposals must be for sites located within the United States, Tribal Nations, or U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Project leads must be at least 18 years old.

Visit the Abbey Mural Prize page on our website to apply, register for the upcoming information session and learn more about past projects.

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